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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Disabled population up by 22.4% in 2001-11 -B Sivakumar

Disabled population up by 22.4% in 2001-11 -B Sivakumar

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published Published on Dec 29, 2013   modified Modified on Dec 29, 2013
-The Times of India


CHENNAI: The country's disabled population has increased by 22.4% between 2001 and 2011. The number of disabled, which was 2.19 crore in 2001, rose in 2011 to 2.68 crore-1.5 crore males and 1.18 crore females.

Rural areas have more disabled people than urban areas. In Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim, the disabled account for 2.5% of the total population, while Tamil Nadu and Assam are among those where the disabled population is less than 1.75% of the total population, says the 2011 Census on the disabled released on Saturday.

The growth rate of disabled population is more in urban areas and among urban females. The decadal growth in urban areas is 48.2% and 55% among urban females. Among scheduled castes it is 2.45%

Most of the disabled are those with movement disability. According to the census, 20.3% of the disabled are movement disabled followed by hearing impaired (18.9%) and visually impaired (18.8%). Nearly 5.6% of the disabled population is mentally challenged, a classification introduced in the 2011 census.

"Road and industrial accidents rendered many movement disabled in 2001-11. Earlier, polio was the major cause for disability but after its eradication from various states, the main cause of movement disability is accidents," said Tamil Nadu Handicapped Association general secretary Simmachandran. Lifestyle disorders also led to many becoming hearing and visually disabled, he said.


The Times of India, 29 December, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Disabled-population-up-by-22-4-in-2001-11/articleshow/28072371.cms


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